Gary Gigante - Chief Executive Officer
Gary began his career in metallurgy at Waukesha Foundry before joining ThyssenKrupp Waupaca in March of 1981. He started his career at Waupaca as a Metallurgist and served as Plant Manager in Marinette from 1986, until he was promoted to Vice President of Manufacturing in 2002. Gary held the position of President and COO from 2004 until accepting the position of CEO in July of 2007. Gary graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Metallurgical Engineering.

Gary Garbe - Vice President - Human Resources
Gary Garbe joined ThyssenKrupp Waupaca in 1973. Before accepting HR responsibilities, Gary held various manufacturing positions with the company including production laborer, Coreroom Supervisor, Molding Supervisor, Production Superintendent, and Kaizen/JIT Facilitator. Gary accepted the position of Personnel Manager in 1993, was promoted to Director of Human Resources in 2005, and assumed the responsibilities of Vice President - Human Resources in July of 2007. Gary earned a Business Administration Certificate from Indiana University in 2005.

Kris Pfaehler - Vice President - Sales & Marketing
Kris Pfaehler joined ThyssenKrupp Waupaca in 2007 as Vice President, Sales & Marketing. Kris had previously held executive sales and business development positions with Meridian Magnesium, as Vice President, Global Business Development, with STRATTEC Security Corporation as Vice President, Marketing & Sales, and with the Talon Automotive Group, as Vice President, Sales & Business Development. He began his career in 1976 with American Motors. Kris received an undergraduate business degree from the University of Michigan - Dearborn, and an MA degree from Marygrove College in Detroit.

Juergen H. Zirnstein – Chief Financial Officer
Juergen Zirnstein joined ThyssenKrupp Waupaca in 2008 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to ThyssenKrupp Waupaca, Mr. Zirnstein was an executive with ThyssenKrupp Stahl Service Center GMBH in Germany. He joined ThyssenKrupp as an apprentice wholesale and export trader in 1979. Since 1986, he held several senior management positions, including Assistant to the Managing Board, Head of Administration -ThyssenKrupp Stahl Service Center-Mannheim, Plant Manager-Mannheim and Head of IT for TK Stahl Service GMBH. He joined TKS-NA in 2000 as the CFO and was promoted to President and CFO in 2003. In 2005 Lagermex S.A. was added to his area of responsibilities. He earned his bachelors degree in applied sciences at the Facchhochule Technik in Manheim and his master's degree in economic and social studies at the university of Rhineland-Palatinate. He is a member of the Board of Directors of TKS-NA, Lagermex S.A. de C.V., Tailor Welded Blanks, American German Chamber of Commerce and the Atlantike Brücke. He is currently one of the Directors of Worlbridge at Wayne State University.